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> when *your* router isn't *yours* anymore due to intrusion.

Well, if they managed to hijack your router, then all is lost
and software FW will not help either (neither built-in nor third party).

But, as I already said, my problem is not with viruses
(the last time I had a real damage from a virus was back in 92),
but with "legitimate" software, such as Acrobat reader,
Media player and many others, which connect to Internet
behind my back without my permission and send who-knows-what
about me to their headquarters. For that reason I never run
a PC without outgoing firewall, which significantly improves
my network connection speed by blocking unwanted connections. It would be nice if MS will build outgoing FW
into the Windows and protect it from being disabled
the same way as MS protects Vista internal modules from
being overwritten. Until then I have to rely on third party solutions.